Understanding Self 1
Understanding Self 1
Understanding Self 1
Juare BS Accountancy 1
Understanding the Self
ACTIVITY # 1
Do You Truly Know Yourself?
Answer the following questions about your self as fully and precisely as you
can.
2. What makes you stand out from the rest? What makes your self
special?
The traits that makes me stand out from the rest at the same time
make me special is that I know my limitations and love myself and
also with my unique personality such us being confident, kind to
everyone, and being flexible. I love interacting with other people
because of that I get feedback and learn so much from myself that is
why I was able to know myself better and makes me standout from
the rest. I love myself, I am happy of who I am and what I become.
Also since I know myself very well I am confident on everything I do
in life, I am not afraid of obstacles. I am kind to every one since I
am a good listener I don’t easily judge other person and I try to
understand their situation. And lastly I am a flexible; I was able to
adapt any situation or change I’m in.
3. How has your self-transformed itself
According to Katz, “The self cannot transform itself, just like a knife
cannot possibly cut itself.” That is why transforming ourselves
doesn’t occur naturally and effortlessly, it need some time and a lot
of effort. Back when I was on junior high school I am outgoing at the
same time I like talking with other people, but then one time one my
friends said to me in jokingly manner that “samoka, wala mi pake sa
imo kinabuhi hahah” at that moment I realize I was self-centered and
boastful at the same time. Actually I was offended, and then I tell my
mother about what happened, and then she told me that “try
listening to them, show interest to other person, don’t just talk about
yourself. You know, becoming a good listener can give you good
stories at the same time you might able to learn some lessons from
their experiences.” And then, I try transforming myself slowly but
surely and later on I realize it was fun having a conversation with
someone where you are both interested in. Slowly, I become a good
listener as well as a good communicator.
We human being has the ability to control ourselves, that is why how
we think can affect us mentally and physically because ourselves and
body are connected. Like for example, when we think negatively like
“I can’t do it”, “I am never good enough” this feeling of helplessness
and hopelessness according to Karen Lawson, MD “it can create
chronic stress which upsets the body's hormone balance, depletes
the brain chemicals required for happiness, and damages the
immune system. This chronic stress can actually decrease our
lifespan”. Therefore, what we think of ourselves can affect us not
only mentally but also physically. We are connected to our body that
is why we should take good care of ourselves so that we can enjoy
what our body can offer.
When we die, we catholic believed that our spirit will go either from
heaven or hell, while other religion believed that we might be
reincarnated. However there were no definite answers since no one has
resurrected from the dead. But I believe that when I die, the people
that who cherished me, loved me, cared for me while I was still alive
would be sad and devastated for they can’t interact and see me again.
While about myself, since I am a roman catholic I believed that when
the time comes my sprit will ascend and my body will be decomposed
throughout the year.
Analysis
Were you able to answer the question above with ease? Why? Which
questions did you find
easiest to answer? Which ones are difficult? Why?
Answer:
I was able to answer the question above with ease because I know
myself maybe not that very well but I have known what I am capable
of and what I’m not. The questions that I find easiest to answer are
the questions 1, 2, 3 4, 5, while the difficult ones are the question 6.
In questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I was able to answer it easily because these
questions only ask about me, my experiences, my views and opinions
that is why I was able to answer I easily because I know my
limitations and myself way better than other people. While the
question 6 was a little difficult for me to answer because I can’t share
my experience on it since I have never experience it.
Easy or difficult to
Questions Why?
answer?
Can one truly know the self? Do you want to know about self?
Answer:
I don’t really know if we can truly know about ourselves, what I know
is that if you truly know yourself you can control your own destiny. Knowing
who you are will always be more important than others knowing who you
are. Yes, I want to know more about self, about myself, about other self. I
want to know more about the action of other people, I want to know more
about my actions. I maybe have encountered a lot of people in my life but
this interaction with them was still not enough to understand the self.